Bwera kwa ine!

Bwera kwa ineMdzukulu wathu wazaka zitatu Emory Grace ali ndi chidwi ndipo amaphunzira mwachangu kwambiri, koma monga ana onse, amalephera kudzimvetsetsa. Ndikamalankhula naye, amandiyang'ana ndikuganiza: Ndikuwona pakamwa panu mukuyenda, ndimamva mawu, koma sindikudziwa zomwe mukufuna kundiuza. Kenako ndimatsegula manja anga ndikunena kuti: Bwerani kwa ine! Amathamanga kuti akapeze chikondi chake.

Zimenezi zimandikumbutsa pamene bambo ake anali aang’ono. Panali nthawi zina zomwe sankamvetsa chifukwa analibe chidziwitso chomwe amafunikira ndipo nthawi zina analibe chidziwitso kapena kukhwima kuti amvetsetse. Ndinati kwa iye: Uyenera kundikhulupirira kapena udzamvetsa pambuyo pake. Pamene ndinali kunena mawu ameneŵa, ndinakumbukira nthaŵi zonse zimene Mulungu ananena kupyolera mwa mneneri Yesaya kuti: “Maganizo anga sali maganizo anu, kapena njira zanu siziri njira zanga, ati Yehova; Zapamwamba kuposa njira zanu, ndi maganizo anga kuposa maganizo anu.”—Yesaya 55,8-9 ndi).

Mulungu akutikumbutsa kuti akulamulira. Sitiyenera kumvetsetsa zonse zovuta kuzimvetsa, koma titha kukhulupirira kuti ndiye chikondi. Sitingamvetsetse bwino chisomo cha Mulungu, chifundo chake, kukhululuka kwathu konse, ndi chikondi chenicheni. Chikondi chake chimaposa chikondi chilichonse chomwe ndingamupatse; zilibe malire. Izi zikutanthauza kuti, samadalira pa ine konse. Mulungu ndiye chikondi. Osangoti kuti Mulungu ali nacho chikondi ndipo amachichita, koma Iye ndiye chikondi chofanizidwa. Chifundo chake ndikukhululuka kwathunthu - palibe malire kwa iye - wafufutanso ndikuchotsa machimo mpaka kum'mawa kumachotsedwa kumadzulo - palibe chomwe chimatsalira kukumbukira kwanu. Amachita bwanji izi? Sindikudziwa; njira zake ndizoposa njira zanga ndipo ndimamutamanda chifukwa cha izo. Amangotiuza kuti tibwere kwa iye.
Emory, mdzukulu wathu wamwamuna samamvetsetsa mawu onse omwe amatuluka mkamwa mwanga, koma amamvetsetsa ndikamatsegula mikono yanga. Amadziwa kuti Agogo amawakonda ngakhale sindingathe kufotokoza chikondi changa chifukwa pakadali pano malingaliro anga ali pamwamba kuposa momwe malingaliro awo amamvetsetsa. Zomwezo zimapita kwa Mulungu. Chikondi chake kwa ife chikuwonetsedwa m'njira zomwe sitingathe kuzimvetsa.

Sangamvetse chifukwa chake Yesu adakhala munthu ndi tanthauzo lonse la moyo wake, imfa yake, ndi kuwuka kwake. Koma monga Emory mukudziwa bwino chomwe chikondi chili ndi tanthauzo lake pamene Yesu akutsegula manja ake ndikunena kuti: "Bwerani kwa ine!"

lolembedwa ndi Greg Williams